On February 8, students from MT project’s partner schools in Shida Kartli region took part in training on advocacy.Students learned how to plan and conduct advocacy campaign and also received information about the successful precedents of advocacy efforts carried out by their peers in school-based civics clubs. Such efforts brought significant benefits to local communities.

On February 10, school-based civics club students of the village Tsikhisdziri public school of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region organized a conference about early marriage. The problem of early marriage is critical for this community as ethnic Azeri people represent majority of the village residents.

Over 200 students from partner schools of “Momavlis Taoba” project in Adjara region organized a march entitled -”Future Generation Chooses Peace”. In the march that took place on January 27, 2015, drawings and flash mob show were held by students. Through this event, the students, together with their peers from Maritime Training Centre and Batumi Youth Palace expressed their opinion against terrorism, violence and war, and raised public awareness about the importance of peace.The March took place in Era Square in Batumi.

For a photograph from the March, please open the file attached below. For more information about Momavlis Taoba project please visit - http://civics.ge

On January 28, civics club students of Tbilisi school “Iveroni” summed up results of their activities at the school library. “Green Boxes-Protection of Environment” was the title of their initiative which aimed to protect an environment. Students spent a month to collect the scrap paper in the community and exchanged it into new books. Eighteen new books were delivered to the school library.

On January 29 Akhaltsikhe Art School hosted exhibition - “Government and Violence” - of students’ drawings. Students from 14 partner schools from Samtskhe-Javakheti region presented their works to expressed their attitude towards violence and terrorism and emphasize the role of government in the fight of violence.